Rihanna and Chris Brown in the audience during the 2008 MTV Movie Awards in 2008.

The rumors are true: Troubled couple Chris Brown and Rihanna have recorded a duet together just days after the "Run It" singer was charged with two felonies in the alleged assault of his pop star girlfriend.

A source close to the record's producer Polow Da Don confirmed to CNN Thursday that they pair had hit the studio together.

"My heart goes out to both Chris and Rihanna for what has happened in the past," Da Don said in a statement. "They are both great artists to work with, and I wish them well."

Another source described the song to People magazine as "sweet and sentimental" and said it "expresses the challenges of a love relationship."

An affadavit released last week stated Rihanna had been punched, choked and bitten in the alleged attack and after Brown's charges, many high-profile names in the entertainment industry have rushed to cut off association with him or to rally for Rihanna, 21, to end their relationship.

Radio stations have dropped Brown music from their playlists and the artist T-Pain, who recorded a duet with Brown, 19, called "Freeze" has offered an alternate version that deletes Brown, an industry insider told The Associated Press.

Talk show mavens Oprah Winfrey and Tyra Banks both aired episodes Thursday on dating violence "devoted to the Rihannas of the world."

Winfrey offered her own explanation of why Rihanna returned to Brown: "If you go back with a man who hits you, it is because you don't feel you're worthy of being with a man who won't," she said.

The show ended with both Banks and Winfrey urging fans to send both singers love.

The alleged assault may have been spurred after Rihanna discovered a "booty call" text message from Brown's 39-year-old manager Tina Davis with whom he is rumored to have had a sexual relationship.

Brown is due back in court on April 6 for a formal arraignment. He faces up to four years and eight months in prosion if convicted.